To be completed after signing up for Wikispaces AND joining the site (see Instruction Guide) - signing up/joining is due by the beginning of 9/10 class.
Take note that Daily Activities will be updated after each class, noting in-class activities and any assignments given. If you miss a class, this is where you go to catch up.
5) Read through the assignment page for the Course Journal.
On that page, click on the Discussion Post tab (to the right of the "Edit" button - the double dialogue bubble).
Click on "New Post."
Type a subject.
Now discuss your thoughts, concerns, etc., about this assignment and how you plan to complete it.
Click "Monitor this topic" (you will receive emails, if you have confirmed your email address which you should have done when you signed up, when someone replies to your post - always do this in the future on all your Discussion Posts) and click "Post."
Subscribe to the newspaper (the Subscribe button on the right-hand side): you will receive a daily newsletter with items related to the Middle Ages, so choose an email address you check. This is a fun, easy reminder of our course.
This survey is designed to help instructors think about assignment design and the language that we use, particularly when expecting work related to information literacy. Your help is much appreciated!
10) If you finish with all this, take a look at Dr. T's page: Tracy, Dr. Kisha
Browse through the information and news links.
Leave a Discussion Post to Dr. T with a question, observation, comment about a news link, etc.
11) When everyone is ready, we will move on to the major course assignments: the Course Journal and Medievalist for a Semester (look ahead if you have a chance).
Feel free to start work on designing your Journal or completing Checkpoint 1 of Medievalist for a Semester if you are comfortable.
1) After reading/going over syllabus, fill out the Syllabus Statement of Acceptance.
2) Read through Rules of the Wiki.
3) Go to "Getting to Know You."
4) Go to Daily Activities.
5) Read through the assignment page for the Course Journal.
6) Go to Feudal Endeavor News.
7) Read Wade, Lisa. "10 Things Every College Professor Hates." Business Insider, 26 Aug. 2014. Web. 4 Sept. 2014. and "15 Myths about the Middle Ages." Medievalists.net, 27 Jun. 2014. Web. 4 Sept. 2014.
8) Introduce yourself by posting a Discussion Post to the class in the Chat Room.
9) Go to Assignment Terminology Survey.
10) If you finish with all this, take a look at Dr. T's page: Tracy, Dr. Kisha
11) When everyone is ready, we will move on to the major course assignments: the Course Journal and Medievalist for a Semester (look ahead if you have a chance).